I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 160 Nanjing Falls, Rescue Xiao Ya
In the torrential rain, the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment and the Yuyi Regiment ushered in another violent attack by the Japanese army.

However, under the heavy rain, the offensive roads in front of the 312 and 313 highlands became extremely slippery.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of the attack for the Japanese army as the attacker.

Coupled with the desperate resistance of Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and other officers and soldiers, more than an hour later, the Japanese attack was repelled again.

The Japanese were repulsed, in order to avoid being hit by their artillery fire.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo decisively led the officers and soldiers of the Pre-First Regiment and Huben Regiment on the position to retreat.

When approaching the reverse slope, Xu Qingfeng said to Zhou Weiguo: "Brother Weiguo, I'll leave this to you. I have to go back to Highland 312 to take a look."

"Okay." Zhou Weiguo knew that there was not much left in the First Regiment, and the loss of the Huben Regiment might not be small, so he readily nodded in agreement.

Just as Xu Qingfeng was about to return to Highland 312, a second lieutenant platoon leader of the first regiment suddenly ran over from behind the high ground.

Braving the heavy rain, he came to them, stood at attention and saluted them: "Regimental Commander, Commander Xu is not well, the defense line of the neighboring troops has been breached."

It turned out that the second lieutenant platoon leader was an officer who was ordered to escort a regiment of wounded soldiers to Nanjing for treatment.

Before arriving in Nanjing, they discovered that many remnants of neighboring troops were retreating to Nanjing in panic.

After further questioning, I learned that the defense lines of other units such as the 87th and 88th Divisions had been breached by the Japanese in many places.

Many troops fled to Nanjing on their own regardless of orders.

However, there are also many troops who are still defending their positions and are fighting bloody battles with the Japanese invaders.

Under such circumstances, the second lieutenant officer was worried about Zhou Weiguo's safety and rushed back to report.

Xu Qingfeng only pretended to be surprised because he had already expected this.

But Zhou Weiguo was shocked, and his face suddenly sank.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xu Qingfeng immediately said to him: "Weiguo, we are alone, and if we persist here, it will be meaningless except to sacrifice in vain.

Besides, Xiao Ya is still in the city, we must rush back as soon as possible, otherwise once the Japanese invaders enter the city, the consequences will be disastrous! "

Fang Shengli also took advantage of the situation to persuade him: "Weiguo, Commander Xu is right, we have already lost more than [-] brothers in the battle of Zijin Mountain.

It’s worthy of the principal and the party and the country. Let’s withdraw! "

Zhou Weiguo was silent for a while and said: "If we withdraw now, the Japanese army will definitely follow us and pursue us. By then, I'm afraid we won't even be able to enter Nanjing City, and they will overtake us and destroy us."

Xu Qingfeng said: "That's right, so we have to leave a troop behind."

"It's too dangerous here, let's retreat to the reverse slope position before making plans."

"Brother Qingfeng, I will lead the brothers from the first regiment to stop the attack, and you will lead the Tiger regiment to withdraw first."

After entering the bunker of the anti-slope position, Zhou Weiguo took the initiative to say to Xu Qingfeng.

"Xiao Ya is still waiting for you in Nanjing City, you can't stay."

Xu Qingfeng understood that if he really agreed with Zhou Weiguo's suggestion, then this kid would probably die on the battlefield with Fang Shengli, because the two or three hundred remnants in their hands would not be able to stop the 6th Division for a long time. of.

It is such a pity that such a talent should die here.

So Xu Qingfeng directly exercised his command power and made a decisive decision: "In this way, Wei Guo, you lead the brothers of the first regiment to withdraw first, and I will lead the Tiger Regiment to stop the attack."

"How can this be done?" Zhou Weiguo was naturally unwilling to sacrifice Huben Tuan and Xu Qingfeng to escape.

Xu Qingfeng directly interrupted him by raising his hand: "I am the commander, I am in a hurry and obey orders.

You first went to the city of Nanjing to rescue Xiao Ya and the wounded soldiers and left-behind personnel of our troops.

I'm here to create some trouble for the Japanese and slow down their advance. Then I'll meet you in the city and we'll break out together! "

Seeing that Zhou Weiguo was still arguing, Xu Qingfeng raised his hand again to get ahead of him and said, "When it comes to fighting and blocking, the brothers in the Huben regiment and I are more experienced than your pre-regiment, so it is most suitable for us to stay, so you don't want to." fight."

Fang Shengli nodded slightly when he heard this: "Weiguo, Commander Xu's words are true. When it comes to stopping the Japanese, they are indeed more experienced than us!"

Zhou Weiguo still couldn't bear it, and said worriedly: "How many people are left in your Huben regiment?"

Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered Chen Qifeng to call 312 Heights. Not long after, Chen Qifeng went back and forth to report: "The group seat, Battalion Commander Sun and the others said that there are three people from 270."

"This force is too small." Zhou Weiguo said worriedly: "You guys alone may not be able to stop the devil for a long time."

"Don't worry, the Japs have just been repulsed once, and now it's raining heavily. They won't attack again for more than half an hour."

Xu Qingfeng comforted and analyzed: "With more than 200 veterans here, it is enough for us to arrange things in advance.

On the other hand, Weiguo, I don’t know how bad the situation in Nanjing has deteriorated.

If you bring too few people back, not only will it be difficult to rescue Xiao Ya and the others, but you will also be unsafe. "

"Without further ado, it's settled, we'll see you in Nanjing!" Xu Qingfeng waved his hand to urge Zhou Weiguo and the others to leave quickly.

Fang Shengli also persuaded: "Wei Guo, Commander Xu is right, we have to go back quickly, otherwise Xiao Ya's sister-in-law and our regiment will be in danger, as well as the wounded brothers of the Huben regiment."

Seeing that Xu Qingfeng had made up his mind, Zhou Weiguo gritted his teeth, took the lead and stood up, saying: "Withdraw!"

Fang Shengli immediately went to arrange for a regiment of officers and soldiers to retreat, but Zhou Weiguo solemnly saluted Xu Qingfeng with a standard military salute, and said, "I'll be waiting for you in Nanjing!"

"Okay!" Xu Qingfeng also raised his hand in return.

After the ceremony, Zhou Weiguo said no more, turned around resolutely, took Fang Shengli and other nearly [-] officers and soldiers of the [-]st Preliminary Regiment, braved the pouring rain, and withdrew from the anti-slope position, heading towards Nanjing quickly.

After watching Zhou Weiguo and the others leave, Xu Qingfeng first told Chen Qifeng and Wang Changgui: "Ah Feng, call Sun Kui immediately and ask him to bring half of the troops to Height 313.

Platoon Leader Wang, you immediately lead someone to take out the thousands of catties of explosives we brought from Nanjing, I will be very useful. "

"Yes!" The two responded in unison, and immediately split up.

Xu Qingfeng took this opportunity and immediately asked the system: "System, I help Zhou Weiguo stop the Japanese army, so that he can free up his hands and bring more troops to rescue Xiao Ya. Is it considered as completing the task?"

The system immediately responded: "Forget it, as long as Zhou Weiguo can successfully rescue Xiao Ya, the host will count you as completing the mission."

"Then the task of assisting Zhou Weiguo to hold off the Japanese army for two days is now considered completed?" Xu Qingfeng asked again.

Because if calculated according to 24 hours a day, he and Zhou Weiguo actually only lasted for a day and a half.

Unexpectedly, the system responded immediately: "After testing, the host has assisted Zhou Weiguo in resisting the Japanese army for two days. The task is completed and the reward package has been distributed. Do you want to open it?"

"Open it immediately." Xu Qingfeng was looking forward to what the gift package reward would be, so he ordered it immediately without thinking.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for getting [-] catties of flour!" the system said.

"Is it just flour?" Xu Qingfeng was a little disappointed. Although this thing is very valuable and important.

However, it is not what I need most in front of me.

But after thinking about it, even if good weapons and good equipment come out of the gift pack this time, it is not convenient to put them into use immediately.

However, these [-] kilograms of flour may be put to great use after they break out of Nanjing.

After all, in this war era, the value of food is no less than gold. It is not an exaggeration to call it gold in troubled times.

Just as Xu Qingfeng was thinking about it in his mind, the system issued a prompt again: "The host still has a chance to sign in, may I use it?"

"Use it." Xu Qingfeng said decisively.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for getting an artillery reward!" The system announced an astonishing broadcast report.

"What? Artillery fire reward?" Xu Qingfeng was confused when he heard this: "What kind of reward is this?"

The system explained: "As the name implies, the host has a chance to call artillery support.

The scale of this reward is twenty 105mm howitzers with ten rapid fire rounds!

This kind of fire support reward allows the host to have more reasonable use opportunities and stronger combat capabilities.

This kind of reward is a new type of reward that was updated after the system was last upgraded.

In addition, there are air fire support, naval fire support, and biological and chemical weapon support.

Whether it can be obtained depends on the luck of the host. "

Xu Qingfeng nodded excitedly, the system is right.

To reward weapons and equipment, you have to worry about giving them a reasonable reason for their appearance. This will undoubtedly make the system's rewards such as explosive equipment a bit useless.

But now, with the upgraded system, it is possible to directly reward fire support.

This is different. For example, in a certain battle, your troops are in danger.

Sudden call of a wave of aerial firepower or artillery firepower for support can not only catch the enemy by surprise.

There is no need to explain the source of artillery support to others, because it is on large-scale battlefields such as the Battle of Nanjing and the upcoming Battle of Xuzhou.

Who knows whether it was the artillery support provided by the supporting army, or the Japanese artillery shells that missed the target?
Even if someone doubts, it is impossible to seek facts and collect evidence.

Even if he is on the battlefield behind enemy lines in the future, he will not be afraid. As long as Xu Qingfeng grasps the timing of summoning firepower, he will not arouse others' suspicion.

In fact, with Xu Qingfeng's absolute prestige and lofty status in the Huben regiment.

As for the sources of weapons and equipment that have come up, as long as he doesn't say anything, no one dares to ask too much.

In other words, even if he makes up nonsense, they can't help but not believe him.

As long as Xu Qingfeng can get more advanced weapons and ammunition, they will be able to fight devils better.

The officers and soldiers below, I am afraid they will only enshrine their extremely respected group seat as gods, who would dare to question it?

You know, this era is a backward era when the whole people are illiterate.

It is not like later generations that everyone can learn all kinds of massive knowledge through Internet learning.

It is no exaggeration to say that the vast majority of people in this era are ignorant and ignorant, which is completely different from the situation in later generations where people's wisdom has been developed.

After all, only a mere 20 years have passed since the feudal dynasty period when people knelt down to worship the emperor.

According to the system's explanation, the scale of fire support that Xu Qingfeng obtained this time consisted of 20 105mm howitzers and ten rapid-fire rounds.

In other words, as long as he calls for fire support, he can directly receive powerful artillery support from 200 105MM caliber howitzer shells.

This is a 105mm caliber howitzer. It is infinitely more powerful than the Japanese 75mm mountain cannon and field artillery.

If two hundred shells are fired, the Japanese army will definitely be severely damaged.

Coupled with the several thousand kilograms of explosives, if properly arranged, the main offensive force of the Sixth Division would not be able to enter Nanjing alive.

Moreover, with these two hundred 105mm caliber grenades close by, Xu Qingfeng and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment also had a trump card that could cover themselves and retreat, and they could calmly complete the mission of blocking the rear.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfeng was in a good mood. Not long after waiting on Highland 313, Sun Kui took more than 100 veterans of the Huben Regiment and was ordered to quietly move over from Highland 312.

"Tuan Zuo, I'm here." Upon seeing Xu Qingfeng, Sun Kui immediately stepped forward to salute happily.

"Have you not been discovered by the Japanese?" Xu Qingfeng nodded and asked.

Sun Kui said: "No, it's raining very hard, and the visibility is no more than ten meters. We go around the reverse slope, and the Japanese can't see it at all."

"Yes." Xu Qingfeng said, "You guys should rest and wait in the anti-slope position first."

"Yes!" Sun Kui responded, and immediately called the veterans behind him to hide themselves.

Chen Qifeng also came over at this time, Xu Qingfeng told him: "Ah Feng, you also take a group of soldiers out, and carry the explosives with the scout platoon.

Also send a group of troops to Deputy Battalion Commander Wang and Company Commander Zhang who were staying on Highland 312, and told them to attack as much as possible on the anti-slope position and on the road between the two highlands, along the minefields previously laid by the Preparatory Regiment. Lots of explosives planted.

After the devil's shelling is over, we will go to the forward position to bury a small amount. All in all, our purpose is only one.

That is to trip up the devils as much as possible and kill their vital forces.

Buy time for us to evacuate to Nanjing and break out! "

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng was about to leave after receiving the order, but Sun Kui couldn't help but said to Xu Qingfeng, "Commander, why don't I bring someone to help carry the explosives? It's several thousand kilograms."

Xu Qingfeng shook his head and refused: "No, the more than 100 people you brought must stay to prevent the enemy from sneak attack.

Moreover, the enemy may soon launch retaliatory bombardment on us.

The more people go out, the more unsafe it becomes, and the gain outweighs the loss. "

Sun Kui nodded upon hearing this, and stopped insisting.

Chen Qifeng first gathered more than a dozen surviving veterans of the guard platoon, and then selected a dozen or so veterans from the veterans brought by Sun Kui, and took them to the foot of the mountain to carry ammunition in the heavy rain.

At the foot of the mountain below the reverse slope, there are several small caves, where the ammunition reserves and cooking squads of the Pre-Yi and Huben regiments are located.

……

On the front line of the Japanese army, Okamoto Yasuyuki, the infantry captain who had just reprimanded the two infantry leaders who led the attack but failed, was about to order the artillery to attack the national army positions again.

A Japanese communications soldier ran over from behind in the heavy rain.

Coming behind him, he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Sir, the 18th Division and the 16th Division have sent battle status reports.

They have broken through the blockade of the enemy in front of them, and are pursuing them in batches and marching towards the main directions of Nanjing City at the same time! "

"Nani?" Okamoto Yasuyuki was shocked when he heard the words, and immediately his face became even more ugly: "All the neighboring troops have made substantial breakthroughs, but my Sixth Division has not made any progress, which is a great shame!
Order the artillery wing to immediately bombard the 312 and 313 highlands again for artillery coverage, and the time should not be less than 30 minutes.

After the bombardment, all the troops of the 13th, 23rd, and 45th regiments that were still capable of attacking took part in the attack and made the final attack. If they were unable to attack the positions of the Chinese army, all regiment commanders should kill themselves and apologize! "

At the end of the sentence, Okamoto Yasuyuki added in a stern voice: "I will personally command and lead this attack!"

Seeing that Okamoto Yasushita had issued an ultimatum, several Japanese officers present, including the commander, deputy commander, and captain, bowed their heads and accepted the order in unison: "Hai!"

……

The artillery fire of the Japanese army came quickly as promised, and the shells once again bombarded the 312 and 313 highlands fiercely.

But most of them still fell on the front line, which was actually empty.

Only a very few flew over the high ground and landed on the hillside and woods below the reverse slope.

Wang Changgui and Chen Qifeng, who were leading dozens of soldiers to carry explosive packs to two highlands, saw this and hurriedly led others to escape.

After no shells fell, he got up again and continued to carry.

The Japanese bombardment lasted for nearly 10 minutes before finally stopping.

During these more than 40 minutes, Xu Qingfeng and the more than 200 veterans of the Huben regiment left a platoon each to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.

The others were basically not idle. Under the leadership of Xu Qingfeng, Wang Tiezhu and others, they braved the heavy rain and began to plant explosives on the road in the middle of the highland and on both sides.

By the time the devil's shelling was over, Xu Qingfeng and the others had basically buried the explosives.

"Act as planned! Hurry!" Xu Qingfeng was the first to take the lead and rush out of the bunker of the anti-slope position, carrying two explosive bags in each hand and running towards the forward position.

Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui and more than 100 veterans followed suit.

Wang Tiezhu, Lei Xiong, Zhang Zhijian and others also launched operations on the 312 Heights at the same time.

Before the Japanese attack arrived, they planted a batch of explosives in trenches, bunkers, traffic trenches and other places in their forward positions.

Then, he quickly retreated to the top of the high ground, waiting for the devils to enter his position.

On the Japanese side, under the personal command of Yasuyuki Okamoto, the remaining 4000 devil soldiers were divided into two groups and rushed towards the 312 and 313 highlands respectively.

However, it was beyond the expectation of Okamoto Yasuyuki and other Japanese soldiers.

This time, until they rushed to a place less than 100 meters from the front of the national army, they did not encounter any blocking fire.

A Japanese major who was following Okamoto Yasuyuki couldn't help but analyze: "Sir, could it be that the Chinese army learned that its friendly forces' defense line had been breached by the imperial army and voluntarily withdrew?"

Hearing that this was a possibility, Okamoto Yasuichi immediately waved his saber and shouted: "Charge at full speed! Quick! Capture the China Army's position quickly!"

At his urging, hundreds of Japanese vanguard troops swarmed forward in heavy rain with bayonets in hand, and took the lead in rushing into the Huben Regiment's forward positions on heights 312 and 313.

At the top of 313 Highland, hearing the screams of the devils, Chen Qifeng couldn't help but said to Xu Qingfeng: "Tuan Zuo, the devils seem to have rushed into our position!"

"Detonate immediately! Then retreat quickly!" Xu Qingfeng, with his extraordinary eyesight, had already seen traces of some Japanese troops, and immediately gave the decisive order.

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng responded, quickly leading a group of soldiers responsible for blasting and pressing the detonating device.

Immediately afterwards, violent explosions like landslides and earth-shattering were erupted from the forward position one after another.

Boom boom boom... boom!Violent explosions like thunder resounded.

The hundreds of Japs vanguard troops who had just rushed into the forward position were all immediately boarded by indigenous aircraft. Their flesh and blood were blown everywhere, and they were either dead or injured.

Almost at the same time, on the 312 Heights next door, Wang Tiezhu, Zhang Zhijian, and Lei Xiong also decisively detonated the explosives on the forward position.

Boom boom boom!A series of violent explosions resounded one after another, and more than 312 Japanese soldiers who rushed into the forward position of Highland 300 were all killed.

Okamoto Yasuyuki and the others who had just rushed halfway and had not had time to go in were startled by the sudden explosion.

Before they could react, a strong shock wave roared over, directly knocking them to the ground.

The old devil Okamoto Yasuyuki even somersaulted several times backwards. He was thrown so badly that his eyes were filled with stars.

When he was rescued by his men and evacuated to a safe place.

There were no living Japanese soldiers to be seen in the entire forward position.

"Baga!" Okamoto Yasuhiro was furious, and immediately wanted to draw the saber habitually, but it was in vain.

It turned out that his saber fell somewhere in the explosion just now.

Okamoto Yasuyuki became even more angry. He angrily grabbed a saber from an adjutant, swung it forward with all his strength, and roared at the top of his lungs: "Kill the enemy! Continue to attack! Attack!"

The rest of the devils got up one after another, bit the bullet and continued to charge forward.

Xu Qingfeng, Wang Tiezhu, Zhang Zhijian and others decisively led their troops to retreat and directly withdrew from Heights 313 and 312.

"Chen Qifeng, Wang Changgui, each of you will lead a squad and stay behind to detonate the explosives on the highway. After detonating, retreat immediately!"

After the two troops met on the road to the north of the highland, Xu Qingfeng immediately gave instructions to the two of them.

"Yes!" The two of them happily accepted the order. Veterans from each class lurked in the woods on both sides of the road and waited to detonate.

On the Japs side, since they did not encounter any resistance, they quickly rushed to the top of the highland and took advantage of the situation to capture the anti-slope position.

When he learned that there was no one in the position, Yasuo Okamoto, annoyed and angry, ordered them to continue the pursuit along the road and attack Nanjing City.

When hundreds of devils were found, they rushed up the road from the high ground on both sides and entered their own trap.

Chen Qifeng and Wang Changgui, who were lying in ambush on both sides of the road, decisively ordered the explosives to be detonated.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!It was another more violent explosion, which suddenly resounded all over the road.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers pursued the troops. Without even a chance to escape, they were swallowed up by a series of violent explosions, and they were all killed and injured in a moment.

When Okamoto Yasuyuki and others came with the main follow-up troops after hearing the news, only hundreds of mutilated corpses of our own soldiers were left on the uneven and cratered road.

"Bagaya Road!" Okamoto Yasushi was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and was about to order the pursuit.

Suddenly there was a shriller and more rapid sound breaking through the sky in the distance. Okamoto Yasuyuki and the adjutants around him hurriedly looked up.

I saw that it turned out to be cannonballs with trailing flames, rushing toward them head-on.

It turned out that after Xu Qingfeng heard that Chen Qifeng and Wang Changgui had detonated the explosive trap, he reckoned that the devil's follow-up troops would also come down from the high ground, so he decisively used the artillery reward and summoned two hundred 105mm grenades.

"No, artillery attack! Sir, be careful!"

"what……!"

Amid the near-desperate screams and exclamations of a group of devil officers and Yasuyuki Okamoto.

Two hundred powerful high-explosive grenades crashed down together.

In an instant, there were violent explosions one after another. Okamoto Yasuyuki and the main force of more than 3000 Japanese troops led by him were severely damaged almost instantly.

Since they were in pursuit and attack mode at the time, they all happened to gather on the road below the high ground.

In this narrow area, the crowd of devils is very dense.

Therefore, the killing effect of these two hundred high-explosive grenades far exceeded the shelling effect on the usual battlefield.

Because the crowd was so dense, many Japanese soldiers were blown into pieces almost at the same time after the shells fell and exploded.

After the explosion, less than 1000 devils survived.

On average, each shell killed at least two Japanese soldiers.

In other words, Xu Qingfeng's sudden wave of artillery fire directly killed more than 2000 main Japanese troops.

Among them was Colonel Yasuyuki Okamoto, the forward commander of the Japanese army.

This wasn't because Xu Qingfeng was lucky, but because the devils didn't expect it at all.

Both the Huben Regiment and the Pre-Yi Regiment have retreated across the board, and they will be shelled if they escape.

This is beyond anyone's imagination.

Since then, the 6th Division has managed to supplement the 9000-odd main force infantry that Xu Qingfeng beat down, leaving less than one-tenth of them, completely losing their offensive capabilities.

As for the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment, although they heard the violent explosion behind them, they didn't take it seriously. They thought it was the devils shelling, and that their own minefields and explosive traps had not been blown up.

In addition, no one had any suspicion in their eagerness to retreat.

At the same time, a small elite Japanese army led by Jun Takeshita had already taken the lead in attacking Nanjing City from Guanghua Gate.

They are rapidly attacking towards the area where Xiao Ya's girls' high school is located.

Under the command of Xiao Shanling and others, the gendarmerie troops in the city and some of the defenders who had been routed from the front line were stubbornly blocking the attack.

When Zhou Weiguo withdrew to the Zhonghua Gate with nearly [-] remnants of the First Regiment, he found that there was also a Japanese army with hundreds of Japanese soldiers who had infiltrated and was attacking the Zhonghua Gate.

Zhou Weiguo immediately ordered Xu Hu and Fang Shengli: "Rush over and kill them!"

"Yes!" Xu Hu, Fang Shengli and other officers and soldiers responded in unison. Immediately holding their weapons, they followed Zhou Weiguo and rushed towards the devil's back.

(End of this chapter)